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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • March 28, 2024
Done deal: $3.1 billion acquisition for PGT Innovations closes

Venice window and door manufacturer PGT Innovations, founded 44 years ago, is no longer publicly traded.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Sharon Hillstrom |
  • November 1, 2024
Storm response demonstrates spirit of humanity in Manatee County

Companies and organizations big and small have been on the front lines of helping post hurricane recovery.

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 24, 2007
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Columbia Sussex buys Sanibel Harbour ResortMcGarvey Development plans Cape Coral flex parkNew retail center planned for Naples BoulevardAdams Brothers Cabinetry plans future expansionBenderson acquires Jacaranda PlazaGE Capital Franchise acquires land for PerkinsFlorida Cancer Specialists opening Lakewood officeWoolbright buys Carrollwood's The CascadesProvidence Management buys, repositions PortofinoInvestment group acquires Armenia Center

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 14, 2025
Captiva's South Seas moves forward as fight with neighbors continues

The resort's owners are readying to open a new beach front restaurant as it goes before Lee County to win approval for a plan opposed by some locals.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Beth Luberecki |
  • April 11, 2025
Michelin Guide's arrival in St. Pete-Clearwater brings foodies — and pressure

The highly sought-after Michelin Guide is expanding its presence in the region. It's a pressure-is-a-privilege moment for chefs and restaurateurs.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • March 4, 2005
Top 20 Projects

The following pages highlight the 20 largest private construction projects in the Sarasota-Manatee region. To qualify for the list, land must have been cleared for construction or construction started between March 10, 2004 and March 4, 2005. Both commercial and multifamily projects were included. The ranking is based on an assessment by The Construction Guide and independent research.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Adam Hughes |
  • July 20, 2006
Coffee Talk

WCI Communities: A buying opportunity?: At what point do the stocks of homebuilders become so ridiculously cheap that they're worth buying?Military salute: Sarasota resident Burt Bershon has been recognized for his efforts to bring military academies back to U.S. communities. Bershon, who founded the Sarasota Military Academy in 2002, was recently awarded an Eagle Laureate for creating The Charter Military Schools Development Corp. in late 2003.Former Buccaneer Warren Sapp is back: NFL Star Warren Sapp, a defensive tackle who helped the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win their only Super Bowl, plans to open a HipHopSodaShop on Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, near the University of South Florida.Davis Lucas offers business-ethics insight: Davis Lucas, the chairman of Bonita Springs-based residential developer The Bonita Bay Group, makes few public appearances and when he does, it's usually for the benefit of a local charity.Condominium's loss is apartment's gain: So with the condo conversion market way down, is it truly gloom-and-doom time for the apartment market? Not completely.Paying premium prices at the pump: The high price of gas is reaching into entrepreneurs and executives' pockets yet again.Bleak showing for Florida venture capitalists:Just two Florida firms made Entrepreneur magazine's 2005 list of the top 100 venture capital firms, and both, Palm Beach Capital Partners and HIG Capital Management of Miami, are based in South Florida.

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  • By Jay Brady |
  • March 4, 2011
Business Bills To Watch

Among the hundreds of bills, here are five that can improve Florida's business climate and one that can add a burden to companies' hiring.

  • Florida
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  • By Brian Hartz |
  • May 12, 2023
Students as young as 14 forge entrepreneurial paths

As young workers struggle to keep up with Tampa Bay’s rising cost of living, educators have responded with programs aimed at cultivating business development skills at an earlier age.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 11, 2008
Commercial Real Estate Briefs

Hoffman Group buys half of Miramar

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • October 14, 2022
Jake Holehouse, 31

HH Insurance Group, principal agent

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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 9, 2007
Save Our Homes ... again

Lee County Property Appraiser Ken Wilkinson, the father of the 'Save Our Homes' amendment, says he's in favor of a proposal to eliminate property taxes for homesteaded properties. But less radical reform is the more likely outcome, he concedes.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • November 7, 2003
Real Estate Briefs

This week's items: Bluewater Development buys large Riviera Dunes pieceInland Retail Real Estate buys Cortez PlazaSaunders commercial records more than $45 million in sales Community foundationbreaks ground on new building

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • December 24, 2004
Following the Crowds

Community institutions score big in the lucrative and growing South Tampa banking market.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • August 1, 2008
Transformers

Entrepreneurs Frank Clemente and Lynn McGhee create memories for companies, organizations and other customers by taking meeting rooms and turning them into a blaze of color, texture and sound.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Carl Cronan |
  • January 28, 2011
Stuck in Time

Efforts to redevelop historic buildings in downtown Tampa have met with preservation resistance and cumbersome city red tape. The recession added to those obstacles.

  • Commercial Real Estate
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  • By Mark Gordon |
  • May 14, 2010
Hanging Tough

The painful back injuries Wayne Ruben suffered after he was named the Review's top entrepreneur turned out to be the least of his troubles. The real estate bust brought more aches.

  • Entrepreneurs
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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • March 18, 2011
Gulf Coast Week: Mar. 18

Regional business news at a glance.

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  • By Dan Ping |
  • May 27, 2011
Less Revealing

Brijot Imaging Systems has an alternative to the 'virtual strip searches.' The federal government hasn't approved its use at airports, but the company is finding plenty of corporate business.

  • Strategies
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  • By Jean Gruss |
  • February 18, 2011
International designs

When the Naples market for custom-home designs collapsed in the recession, Bill and Kerry Weber looked overseas. They found it in unlikely places like South Korea, Denmark and Nigeria.

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